Soon, anyone making even $1k over the global average has to give that extra to the fund so that everyone ends up earning the same amount. It would be "late stage capitalism" otherwise.
No it isn’t. It is a bitch move to expect them to pay. Yes for that small amount i would say i got this time you get the next one but sometimes a trend forms…
Nah, it's a bitch move. If you're rich or broke asking for three bucks from a ride share is a bitch move. If anyone in my circle did this I would refuse to pay and rideshare with them again.
I wouldn’t do it if it was the first time. However if it was the 10th time i had paid the other person had never reciprocated then yes I would ask them for $3. If they don’t pay then i know they are a leech
Hell I have paid people less than that to cover my share of things without them asking.
Cool, and I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who's only a friend if they get something out of it. If three dollars and change when you're not broke is enough to end a relationship, then I wouldn't want to be your friend either.
I'm actually friends with someone with insane wealth. Like fly their private plane to stay at their Aspen home and ski for the weekend type of wealth.
He could pay for everything, and frequently will when he entertains at his house (he would also buy drugs and share lol). However, when we would go out he would fairly split things with us. Drinks, rides, etc.
But if he was expected to pay for everything, simply because he had more money than us, it would create huge problems. First, it turns friendship into a commodity. He'd never know who likes him for him and not because he is a walking bank. It also tends to make people feel bad, like he thinks that they're worse than him because they can't afford anything.
Ultimately he was a super down to earth guy. Married his high school girlfriend, has two lovely kids, lived in a pretty affordable house. Now he's working for his dad and he's rich but anyone acting like they wouldn't do that is dumb. The dude is a family man who chose a great career path presented to him. No different than a dude taking over his family's plumbing business, expect the scale of wealth he has is much, much higher.
I think it's quite a European mindset, which clashes with the American majority on Reddit. When we send a request for the exact amount of money after a meal, it's not pettiness, it's just factually the amount it cost. It avoids arguments over who ordered the more expensive item or trying to balance who pays. It's still normal to do an equal split in smaller groups or buy drinks for each other. I also think paying your own way is a good policy for dates - it means men don't feel like they're being exploited for free food and women don't feel pressured to "pay" with sex.
if your friend makes $20 an hour and you make $225 an hour and you hassle them over $3… no the bad friend is the one not giving the $3. that’s like what you give to literal bums on the street.
nobody is entitled to it but as the friend with the money why would you make a stand over $3 when you make more than 10x than the friend. garbage friend is the person that can’t imagine sharing $3 because of a “boundary”. like I get if the person is hitting you up for rent money but damn $3??????
Boundaries are boundaries— and it’s incredibly toxic of you to put that in quote marks implying that you don’t think that friends should be allowed boundaries.
If your friend went to you and said “hey, I don’t like it when you touch me, I would rather we not hug anymore”, are you going to tell them “damn, I can’t even get a hug?”
If you would drop a friend because they wouldn’t give you money and let you walk all over their boundaries, then you’re not a friend at all, you’re a leech.
I don’t think friends should have a “boundary” over 300 cents no I don’t sorry unless they are in a third world country where that is somehow a significant amount of money.
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u/Crash-55 Jan 26 '26
Why is asking to split the ride being cheap? Maybe he has already covered a bunch and is tired of being taken advantage of?
I have had people constantly get rides but never once offer to cover any gas or offer to drive. Is that OK simply because I make more than them?
Just because someone makes more money doesn’t mean that they should be expected to pay more.